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At the great Hastings 1895 tournament, Tarrasch saved a lost game against Walbrodt by making the right move here.


What Tarrasch played was 1.Kf1 losing his queen with 1…Rxd3 but 2.Rg4 and Black Resigned because if 2…h5 3.Bxe5+ Kh7 4.Rg7+ Kh6 5.Rf8 and mate is unstoppable.

 


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